>And to be perfectly fair, Mr Devlyn's theory is, according to Occam's
>razor, better since it explains the darkness of shadow's dance, the
>rains of dragon pass and lack of color in Arolanit.
Au contraire. Occam's razor says the theory which requires the least amount of assumptions should be used. To adopt Richard's theorem requires that we have to populate Glorantha with Orlanthi Care-bears, Underground Death Worshippers and Theistic Brithini Peasants amongst other things. Given that we already have good explanations for the darkness of shadows dance, the rains of dragon pass and the lack of colour in Arolanit, and given that these explanations *don't* require us to populate glorantha with care-bears etc, using Occam's razor suggests that Develyn's theory should be rejected.
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